Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

OUCH!!!!
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Day Air attack on TF at 75,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 7
A6M2 Zero x 210
A6M3 Zero x 32

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
SBD-3 Dauntless x 37
TBD Devastator x 23
Beaufort I x 3
P-36A Mohawk x 10
P-400 Airacobra x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 50
P-40B Tomahawk x 26
P-40E Warhawk x 3
A-24 Dauntless x 9
A-20B Boston x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-26B Marauder x 31
B-17E Fortress x 63
P-43A Lancer x 3
P-38F Lightning x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 42 destroyed, 80 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 22 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 23 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 25 destroyed
TBD Devastator: 17 destroyed
Beaufort I: 2 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 10 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 12 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 49 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 26 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
A-24 Dauntless: 9 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 destroyed, 20 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 12 destroyed, 39 damaged
P-43A Lancer: 3 destroyed
P-38F Lightning: 4 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 1, on fire *belt penetration.1000lb from a SDB*
CV Shokaku
CVL Zuiho
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 1 *Belt hit*
CV Hiyo
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 1, on fire *flight deck penetration, 1000lb from a SDB, severe fire*
CVE Unyo
CV Soryu
CV Junyo

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Day Air attack on TF at 75,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 12
A6M2 Zero x 191
A6M3 Zero x 32

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6
TBD Devastator x 10
P-36A Mohawk x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 8
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
A-24 Dauntless x 3
B-26B Marauder x 3
B-17E Fortress x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 15 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed
TBD Devastator: 9 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 5 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 7 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed
A-24 Dauntless: 2 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
PG Takunan Maru #8
DD Shiokaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AO Nippon Maru
DD Asanagi

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at Karachi another suicide landing...we burnt 5,000 supplies today with this manouver..

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ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

LOL...

With China that soon will be a Japanese colony, we have to speed it up the process in the pacific. I need to get to Ponape before he can send reinforcements there. And i need to keep the KB in the pacific.
By the end of June i hope to be able to have in line 4 CVs again at PH.
We're shifting some forces from CENTPAC to New Caledonia and New Guinea. supplies, fuel and oil are already on the route to Oz.

...and i have a brand new secret plan for India...but i need few more days to think about it

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ORIGINAL: Fishbed

quote:

at Karachi another suicide landing...we burnt 5,000 supplies today with this manouver..

Can't you have him ban that kind of move Gen.? That's not even gamey, it's worse, he should agree with that shouldn't he

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ORIGINAL: Fishbed

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ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

LOL...

With China that soon will be a Japanese colony, we have to speed it up the process in the pacific. I need to get to Ponape before he can send reinforcements there. And i need to keep the KB in the pacific.
By the end of June i hope to be able to have in line 4 CVs again at PH.
We're shifting some forces from CENTPAC to New Caledonia and New Guinea. supplies, fuel and oil are already on the route to Oz.

...and i have a brand new secret plan for India...but i need few more days to think about it

Ho secret great plans again... Gen! Just keep up the pressure on Ponape and Eniwetok. Every ship he losts there will cost him dearly. That's the spirit

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Hi Fishbed.
after what happened with my latest request to not to use paras on a non-dot/base hex in China...i decided to stop complaining and, above all, to stop asking him anymore.
It's clear that he "reads" these requests on mine as a whining childish request "you're kicking my butt, i don't like to lose, so i ask you to stop winning or i do quit"...something like that. Well, i hate to be pedant and i hate to appear a whiner, even if i do believe that i have, at least, some reasons to complain.
So my policy now is: simply stop asking and accept this state of things...and rely on his feelings of fairplay and justice. I'll stick my behaviour on what i do feel fair and won't retaliate acting in the same way.
Above all...i'm having lot of fun playing this match, so i fear that, asking too much, would break this "toy"

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ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner

Hi Fishbed.
after what happened with my latest request to not to use paras on a non-dot/base hex in China...i decided to stop complaining and, above all, to stop asking him anymore.
It's clear that he "reads" these requests on mine as a whining childish request "you're kicking my butt, i don't like to lose, so i ask you to stop winning or i do quit"...something like that. Well, i hate to be pedant and i hate to appear a whiner, even if i do believe that i have, at least, some reasons to complain.
So my policy now is: simply stop asking and accept this state of things...and rely on his feelings of fairplay and justice. I'll stick my behaviour on what i do feel fair and won't retaliate acting in the same way.
Above all...i'm having lot of fun playing this match, so i fear that, asking too much, would break this "toy"

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ORIGINAL: jumper

Your decision to take Ponape before he will get more availible LCU to boost his pacific defence is absolutely correct. But you shouldn´t focus yourself just to Ponape. Ponape itself is good only as a threat to Truk and nothing else. If he will put 1-2 divisions and 10000mines to Truk and pull out his LBA to avoid unnecessary losses, you will get only a narrow corridor leading to the wall. IMO your main goal should be to get some base/bases, from where you could spread to more directions and threaten more bases, that he can effectively defend even with all those units he could release from PI or China as a response. East coast of NG or Timor will give you much more oportunities to advance in the cover of your own LBA and it will be very hard for him to predict your next step. Soon he will have a lot of troops availible for garrison duty, but even with all of them, he can not defend everything. You just have to choose the way of your advance that will allow you to choose from more targets than just one.. just my 2p..

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ORIGINAL: Bogo Mil

Why do you have 643 AV support at Eniwetok? You never need more than 250. You have AV support to spare - that's another reason to get more useful bases as soon as possible.

About the thread of bombardements: If I recall it corectly, in PzB's AAR once a sub saved his ass big time. It attacked an enemy fleet during it's bombardement run, was sunk in the process, but the BBs did not bombard that turn. So if you have some subs in the area, you can try to use them as "armour" for your planes. They don't need hits and detonating torps, any attack could be sufficient (at least if that issue was not fixed in a patch).

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ORIGINAL: Bogo Mil

Why do you have 643 AV support at Eniwetok? You never need more than 250. You have AV support to spare - that's another reason to get more useful bases as soon as possible.

About the thread of bombardements: If I recall it corectly, in PzB's AAR once a sub saved his ass big time. It attacked an enemy fleet during it's bombardement run, was sunk in the process, but the BBs did not bombard that turn. So if you have some subs in the area, you can try to use them as "armour" for your planes. They don't need hits and detonating torps, any attack could be sufficient (at least if that issue was not fixed in a patch).